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Untitled Discourse on Greed (2nd)

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Develop insight into greed through seven perceptions starting with impermanence.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 7Numbered Discourses 7.616
  • 0.211. Rāgapeyyāla11. Abbreviated Texts Beginning With Greed

0.3~Untitled Discourse on Greed (2nd)

1.1“Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya satta dhammā bhāvetabbā.“Mendicants, for insight into greed, seven things should be developed.1.2Katame satta?What seven?1.3Aniccasaññā, anattasaññā, asubhasaññā, ādīnavasaññā, pahānasaññā, virāgasaññā, nirodhasaññā—The perception of impermanence, the perception of not-self, the perception of ugliness, the perception of drawbacks, the perception of giving up, the perception of fading away, and the perception of cessation.1.4rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya ime satta dhammā bhāvetabbā”ti.These seven things should be developed for insight into greed.”